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Table 1 Concerns in the most recent case of a euthanasia request

From: Physicians’ experiences with euthanasia: a cross-sectional survey amongst a random sample of Dutch physicians to explore their concerns, feelings and pressure

 

Request refused

Request granted

p-value

Total N = 248a

Total N = 245a

N (%)

N (%)

I was dreading

 The emotional burden of performing EAS

107 (48.0%)

140 (58.3%)

0.026

 The emotional burden of preparing EAS

106 (45.9%)

130 (54.2%)

0.072

 Assessing whether the due care criteria have been met

90 (38.5%)

52 (21.7%)

< 0.001

 The time the decision-making process would take

74 (31.6%)

66 (27.8%)

0.370

 Dealing with relatives of the patient

64 (28.3%)

27 (11.4%)

< 0.001

 Waiting for the judgement of the euthanasia review committees

56 (25.5%)

63 (26.4%)

0.825

 The administration of lethal drugs

47 (25.0%)

77 (32.5%)

0.092

 The administrative burden of notifying the unnatural death

54 (24.4%)

99 (41.4%)

< 0.001

 The reactions of other care providers

42 (18.3%)

13 (5.4%)

< 0.001

  1. aMissings: Refused cases missing cases varied between 14 and 60 (5.6–24.2%), Granted cases missing cases varied between 5 and 8 (2.0–3.3%)